to enclose, encircle fish using fishing nets (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
matlayaualoa
IPAspelling:
mɑtɬɑjɑwɑloɑ
Alonso de Molina:
matlayaualoa. ni. (pret. onimatlayaualo.) cercar pescado con redes. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 53r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.